珠子

Chinese

		pearl; bead	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (珠子)		珠	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhūzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu¹ zi²
• Gan (Wiktionary): jy¹ zi
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹tsy-tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhūzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: chu¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: jū-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ju.tzy
    • Palladius: чжуцзы (čžuczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyu¹ zi²
    • Yale: jyū jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: jy¹ zi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁴² t͡sz̩²/
• Wu
  • (Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ¹tsy-tsy
    • MiniDict: tsy^平 tsy
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sz̩⁴⁴ t͡sz̩/

Noun

珠子

1. pearl (gem) (Classifier: 粒 m; 顆／颗 m; 串 m)
2. bead (on an abacus, of sweat, etc.) (Classifier: 粒 m; 顆／颗 m; 串 m)

Synonyms

• (pearl):

• 明珠 (míngzhū) (shiny pearl)
• 珍珠 (zhēnzhū)
• 珠仔 (Hakka)
• 珠璣／珠玑 (zhūjī)

 

• (bead): (Hakka, Min Nan) 珠仔

Derived terms

• 眼珠子 (yǎnzhūzi)